In January-June KAZ Minerals increased copper output by 18% YoY, to 139.6 thousand tons. The main driver of the growth was the higher processing at the Aktogay factory. In Q2 the company reached its design capacity. In H1 Bozshakol GOK produced 49.8 thousand tons of copper, Aktogay GOK – 60.5 thousand tons, and Bozumchak mine…
KAZ Minerals has signed an agreement with Non Ferrous of China on investments into Koksay project. According to the agreement, in exchange for the investments of $70 million NFC will receive 19.4% in the project. “We have successfully worked with NFC at the Bozshakol and Aktogay construction and intend to develop our relations”, the company…
KAZ Minerals intends to buy the controlling stake in the Baimskoye copper-porphyry deposit (Chukotka) development in June-July. The license to develop the deposit is owned by Baimskaya LLC. KAZ Minerals is expected to pay $1 billion and also submit a part of its shares. According to Goldman Sachs, the development of the Baimskoye deposits is…
Since 2015 KAZ Minerals Bozymchak has exported 9,760 tons of gold concentrate from Kyrgyzstan, the State Service for Combating Economic Crimes reported. The audit report of the Accounting Chamber confirmed the data. “In December 2017 the Investigation Department of the State Service for Combating Economic Crimes instituted criminal proceedings under the article “Abuse of power…
In 2017 KAZ Minerals gross income from sales grew 2-fold YoY, to $1.938 billion. “The increase mainly has to do with the growth of Bozshakol and Aktogay input of $439 million and $462 million respectively, on the background of the strengthening market”, the group said in a statement. The gross income from the sales of…
KAZ Minerals is pondering the acquisition of the Baimskoye copper-gold deposits in Russia from Roman Abramovich. The Baimskoye reserves are estimated at 9.6 million tons of copper with average contents of 0.43% and 16.5 million ounces of gold (0.23 g per ton). Investments in the deposit could reach $1.8 billion. The project envisages the construction…
Kaz Minerals has started negotiations with the government of Kazakhstan as to getting license to construct the second stage of the mining and processing works at the Aktogay deposits and intends to obtain all the necessary documents by year-end. The second stage of Aktogay – the Aktogay II – was approved in December 2017. Investments…
Aktogay Mining and Processing Works will be expanded. In October the works has reached its project capacity at the sulfide enrichment factory, and the board of directors decided to construct another factory, which would double sulfide ore processing from 25 to 50 million tons per year. The expansion is the low-risk project. Investments are expected…
